SHOOTING OF DUCK
OUT OF SEASON CHARGE
WHAKATANE RIVER INCIDENT
How he had watched the defendant. through field glasses taking a <]uck from the "\\ hakatane Kuci secreting it in the bank and mailing, the place with a stick was ie.~ latecl by Ranger K. Francis, in the Whakatane Magistrate's Court sitting before Mr E. L. Walton last Tuesday. The Michael Hogan, who pleaded guilty was charged with having shot on November 19 one grey duck in contravention of the act. which declared the period out of season. Mr A. Jveen, Conservator of Fish and Game, Rotorua appeared for the Rotorua Acclimatisation Society. Ranger Francis, from the box said that he saw the defendant "with two other: 3et into a h*.:at and pull out into mid stream. The defendant had a seivice. rifle. A litue above the. town he observed the in through glasses picking up a duel: from the water and taking it to the reeds on the bank. The position was marked with a stick and witness had himself gone over, located •the bird and taken possession of it. He had'later accosted Hogan and charged him with shooting the duck "which he freely admitted. Fined £5 and costs 12s.
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 8, Issue 31, 8 December 1944, Page 5
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200SHOOTING OF DUCK Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 8, Issue 31, 8 December 1944, Page 5
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